Merely Mary Ann
| Merely Mary Ann | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by |
Jules Furthman Israel Zangwill (play) |
| Starring |
Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Beryl Mercer |
| Music by | Richard Fall |
| Cinematography |
Arthur E. Arling John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Frank E. Hull |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million[1] |
Merely Mary Ann (1931) is a romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise. The film, involving an orphan (Gaynor) and a flat-broke composer (Farrell), was written by Jules Furthman from Israel Zangwill's play and directed by Henry King.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Mary Ann
- Charles Farrell as John Lonsdale
- Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Leadbatter
- J. M. Kerrigan as First Drayman
- Tom Whiteley as Second Drayman
- Lorna Balfour as Lorna Leadbatter
- Arnold Lucy as Vicar Smedge
- G.P. Huntley as Peter Brooke
References
External links
- Merely Mary Ann at the Internet Movie Database
- Merely Mary Ann at Project Gutenberg (Original novel)